You don't have contact information in your profile, and I didn't find it easily on your blog. I'd love to hear details about the positions that are available.
Thanks for the reminder; I've practically abandoned that blog due to lack of time to play with LEDs. I thought I had email addy in my profile, have to check that.
Basically, if you have a technical degree (I think HR drops that requirement if you have 20 years experience) and show up for an interview with a robot or other automated mechanism you built yourself from scratch (yes, I work with a few people, self included, who've done just that), I'll go all out to find a reason to hire you because that tells me you can probably learn whatever we want you to know on the job.
Lacking a robot: OK, I just deleted a bunch of "real" job requirements that we would claim we need. They don't really matter to me or the hiring team.
We want someone who's bright, who's somewhat personable and not afraid to talk or even brag about his/her accomplishments during the interview and who understands OO development and has at least passing familiarity with C++. Those, and at least a BS in a technical field, are the only really "must have" requirements.
You should be able to show during the interview that you can at least attempt to solve problems. We don't ask trick questions like how many gas stations are on top of Mount Fuji, we just want to know if we drop a pile of requirements on your desk, you can design and implement a solid solution to meet them.
You'd think that wouldn't be hard to find...you'd be wrong!
Basically, if you have a technical degree (I think HR drops that requirement if you have 20 years experience)
Perhaps this is part of why you're having so much trouble...do you really think that the equivalent of a 4-year "technical degree" (of any kind?) is two decades of experience? I bet there are scores of people out there who have only several years of solid technical experience who know way more about getting shit done than the average recent grad. Just my .02
i'm just getting into robotics lately via home projects. done C++ in the past but prefer C or Python. Unwilling to move to Minnesota but if a remote team member in Colorado could work feel free to ping me and we can talk more.
Is the job interesting? Stable? Are you running things?
'Cuz I like hard problems and can write beautiful code in a dozen languages all along the spectrum from Fortran to Perl, C++ inclusive. Skim my HN comments if you want to verify that I've got a head on my shoulders, or send me an email and ask me to brag. I'm in the market for a job in Denver, Colorado, and the location's about the only part that's not negotiable.
